More quilt design, tapestry diary and four selvedge weaving going on

My days are filled with weaving.  Still in creative doldrums but have decided to use this time in a fractured way by having several tapestry things underway.  In the last post I mentioned the quilt design tapestry and it continues to grow, piece by piece (do you think a pun is implied there--or does one "imply" a pun)... anyway, here's where it stands today:

The tapestry diary is continuing each day with a shape and its color and background color selected by a roll of a die.  Six colors and shapes are assigned to each spot of the die.  The background is black, gray or white, with a roll of 1 or 3 being black, 2 or 4 as gray, and 5 & 6, white.  This is a simplified variation of something Archie Brennan mentioned in the recent workshop where he used a deck of cards to determine shapes and colors for a tapestry.  Here's what it looks like on June 11:

Then there are the four selvedge weavings... I just finished the eighth one today and it's now washed, pressed and pinned down to dry.  Today I realized I could probably use the 100% Spelsau wool as the warp rather than the 12/6 cotton seine twine.  I was hoped it would be strong enough for the tapestry warp, especially for the small sizes I'm doing right now.  So I tried it and it held up just fine during the weaving.  I think the loops at the top and bottom will become more invisible--at least that's what I'm thinking will happen.  I'll know more about that tomorrow when the piece is dry.

I still learn more each day about warping with this method.  Susan also has an alternative finish noted at the website and I'll give it a try, maybe tomorrow.  At this point, though, I feel comfortable to have this as my primary goal during the next two weeks of residency at Lillian Smith Center--weavings daily with inspiration drawn from the property at the Center.